The coalition government’s two haredi factions will oppose a bill aimed at preventing mosques from using loudspeakers during their night-time calls to prayer, a senior haredi lawmaker reaffirmed Tuesday.

In recent years, Knesset members have pursued legislation to crack down on the nightly disturbances caused by the Muslim call to prayer, which is blasted five times a day – including the “fajr” prayer before dawn and the late-night “isha” prayer.

The use of mosque loudspeakers to broadcast the calls to prayer have created serious disturbances for non-Muslim neighbors and nearby communities.

The latest bill intended to block the noisy late-night muezzin calls was drafted by Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) and Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu).

While the law appeared to have wide backing in the coalition, haredi MKs objected to the proposal, initially due to the concern that a broad ban on outdoor loudspeakers at houses of worship could affect synagogues use of PA systems ahead of the Sabbath.

"We do 'business' with them so that they will support laws important to the haredi public," UTJ MK Menachem Eliezer Moses explained earlier this year.

Speaking at a meeting of the Knesset’s Finance Committee Tuesday, Finance Committee Chairman Moshe Gafni (UTJ) affirmed that both his party and the Shas faction would block the Muezzin Law, which is slated for review by the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee later on Tuesday.

During the meeting, Gafni promised MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) - a former advisor to the late terrorist and Palestinian Authority chief Yasser Arafat - that both haredi factions would vote against the Muezzin Law.

“The United Torah Judaism party and Shas are against the Muezzin Law,” Gafni responded, according to Kikar Hashabbat, adding “It won’t pass.”

“We agreed that this bill won’t progress forward,” continued Gafni.

“After I spoke with MK Tibi, I believe that this bill must not be allowed to move forward…all this bill does is aggravate the [Arab population] without doing anything.”

Gafni argued that existing noise laws, which prohibit loud noises after 11:00 p.m., are sufficient, and need to be enforced properly by police.

“There is a law against noises that could solve this issue – the police simply aren’t using the tools they have to stop the noise. If [the law] is passed, it will only be used against haredim, I don’t think there would be any practical benefit. How does it help if someone in Indonesia thinks Israel wants to shut down mosque muezzins?”